Water-elevator.



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WATER ELBVATOR.

ArPLoATIoN 21mm 116.26, 1910.

Patented June 6, 1911.

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WATER ELEVATOR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARISTIDIS VAICHIS, COST VAICHIS, AND HARRY ARVAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS'.

' WTER-ELEVATOR.

Specification of letters Patent.

v Patented J une 6, 1911.

Application filed August 26, 1910. Serial No. 579,105.

Cos'r Vaioms, and HARRY Amun. citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in thc county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in rater-Elevators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates t0 Water elevators, particularly, though not necessarily adapted for use for irrigating purposes, and the object of the invention is to provide an improved device of this character which will be simple, durable and cheap in construction and efficient and effective in operation.

'To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects, as will appear7 the invention consists in features of novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawings illustrating an embodiment of the invention, and in Which Figure 1 is a side elevation of an improved device of this character constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical sectional view taken on the line 2 2 Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3 Fig. 5. Fig. et is a detail sectional view taken on the line 4 4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, and in the present eXempliticat-ion of the invention, the numeral 10 designates generally a drum comprising spaced heads 11, 12, which is secured to and loosely mounted upon the horizontal shaft 13. This shaft 13 is mounted for rotation in suitable bearings 14 provided in the supports 15. The drum is provided between its heads with a plurality of pockets 16, the top edges of the side Walls 17 of which pockets terminate short of the periphery 18 of the heads 11, 12 of the drum. One of the heads of the drum is provided with an aperture 19 having communication with each of the pockets 16, and the bottom of each of the pockets is inclined as at 20 in a direction toward the aperture 19.

An endless conveyor comprising spaced pivotally connected links 21 surrounds the drum 10, and the links are connected by pivot pins 22. This endless conveyer is edges 17 of the sides of the pockets 16, and the links stand-in close proximity to the portions of the heads of the drums which project beyond thc edges 17 of the walls of the pockets, so that the convcyer will be held aga instlateral displacement vvith respect to the drum.

The endless conveyor is provided with laterally projecting portions or extensions 23 preferably formed by the extremities of the pivot pins 22 which project beyond the outer faces of the links. tions 23 are adapted to engage and rest upon the periphery 18 of the drum heads 11, 12'

These projecting porto assist in supporting the conveyor. Buckj ets 211 are supported by the endless conveyer and are so arranged that they will empty their contents into the pockets 1G in the drum as the drum is rotated.

A discharge chutey 25 is supported in any desired or suitable manner adjacent the head 11 of the drum, and this chute 25 forms a continuation of a receptacle 2G shown more clearly in Figs. 3 and 5, which receptacle is provided with an apertured Wall adjacent the aperture 19, so as to receive the Water from the pockets 16. The head 11 is prefcrably provided with an annular flange 27 surrounding the aperture 19, so as to direct the water into the receptacle 2G.

This apparatus is adapted to be used in any convenient place Where it may be supported over a supply of Water in such a manner that the drum 10 and discharge chute 25 will be elevated above the surface of the vater While the lower portion of the endless conveyer is adapted to be immersed or will travel through the Water, so that when the drum 10 is rotated, the endless conveyor and the buckets 24 thereon will be correspondingly rotated to elevate Water and discharge the same into the pockets as the respective buckets pass over the pockets 16. The endless conveyer is prevented from slipping or creeping with respect to the drum. by means of the jointed connections of the links 21, as shown more clearly in Figs. l and 2.

In order to prevent the Water from splashing over the sides of the receptacle 26, as it is discharged through the aperture 19, a suitable shield 28 may be provided adjacent but spaced from the outer extremity of the anture 19. This shield 2S is preferably of a adapted to be supported by the drum 10 by diameter substantially equal to the diameter means of the links 21 resting upon the upper of the aperture, so that the water being discharged from the pockets will strike the shield and be deflected into thc discharge chute 25. Obviously this portionof the mechanism may be constructed of any suitable material, and may be of any desired size.

Any suitable means may be provided for imparting rotation to the drum 10 and the endless conveycr. A suitable and eflicient means for accomplishing this result comprises a sweep 29, to one end of which a horse may be attached by means of the swingletree 30. The other extremity of the sweep may be weighted, as at 31, to counterbalance the sweep. This sweep is arranged to rotate about an upright axis 32 journaled in a suitable bearing 33, and secured to the axis 3Q is a gear 34 which meshes with a gear secured to the drum 10. These gears 31, 35 are so arranged that when the sweep 2) drnm to rotate the latter. A drive pulley 36 is also provided by means of which the drum 10 may be connected to any suitable source of power, such as an engine, or the like, and this pulley 3G is secured to the shaft 13, preferably to one extremity thereof, which latter projects through and beyond one of the bearings 14. A gear 3Gn is also provided on the shaft 13 which meshes with the gear 34, so that when the pulley 3G is rotated, the drum will be rotated through the medium of the shaft 13, the gears 3G,

35 and 34.

In the present exemplitication of the invention, this elevator is shown in a position so that the endless conveyor will depend or project into a. well 37, while the supports 15 are mounted upon suitable bases 3S, the latter resting upon the walls 39 of the well.

vWhile in the present exempliication of the invention this elevator is shown in connection with a well, it is to be understood that it is not to be limited to this specific use, as the apparatus may be employed in an)r manner and at any place in which it is possible to permit the lower portion of the endless conveyer or elevator to travel through a supply7 of Water.

As the water is elevated by the bucket 24 and discharged into the pockets 16, it will be directed by means of the inclined bottom Q0 of the packets through the aperture 19 in the head l1 of the drum, and discharged into the receptacle 26, from which latter it will How or be directed by means of the discharge chute Q5 into a trench or runway 40.

lVhat is claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a drum rotatable about a` horizontal axis and provided with a plu- :ralityv of pockets located entirely within the plane of the, ends of the drum and also within the periphery of the drum, means for rotating the drum, said drum being provided with an opening through one end thereof within its periphery and with which each of the pockets has.communication7 a discharge chute with which each of the pockets also has communication through the opening, an endless conveyor operativelyy connected with the drum for operation thereby. and buckets connected with the conveyer for elevating and depositing liquid into the pockets successively.

2. In a device ot the character described, the combination of a drum rotatable on a horizontal axis, said drum comprising connected spaced heads and provided with a plurality of pocketswithin and opening through the periphery between the heads, one of the said heads having an opening therethrough within its periphery and with t which opening each of the pockets has comis rotated, motion will be imparted to the munication, a discharge chute with which each of the pockets also has` communication,

an endless conveycr supported and rotatable by the drum for elevating and depositing water into the pockets successively, and means for rotating the drum.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a drum rotatable on a horizontal axis, said drum comprising connected spaced heads and provided with a plurality of pockets within and opening through the periphery between the heads, one of said heads being provided with an opening therethrough adjacent its axis of rotation and with which each of thc poel-:ets has communication through one end thereof, a chute with which said opening has communication. an endless conveyer comprising pivotally connected links, means projecting beyond the outer faces of the links adapted to engage and rest upon the periphery of the heads for supporting the conveyer. buckets secured to the conveyor adapted to elevate and deposit water into the pockets successively, and means for rotating the drum.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of a drum rotatable on a horizontal axis, said drum comprising connected spaced heads and provided with a plurality of pockets within and opening through the periphery between the heads, one of said heads being provided with an opening adjacent its axis of rotation and with which all of the pockets have communication through one end, a discharge chute with which the opening has communication. means for rotating the drum, and an endless conveyer comprising buckets and pivotally connected links, said links standing between the heads and resting upon the edges of the walls of the pockets for holding the conveyer and buckets against lateral displacement with respect to the drum.

5. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a drum rotatable 0n a.V horizontal axis, saidr drum comprising spaced connected heads and provided with a plurality of pockets entirely within the ends and periphery thereof and opening through the periphery between the heads, one of the heads being provided with an aperture therethrough adjacent its axis of rotation and communicating with each of the pockets. the bottom of each of the pockets inclining toward the aperture, a discharge chute adjacent the aperture for receiving the water from the pockets, means supported by and operated by the drum for elevating water and discharging it into the poel-:ets successively, and means for rotating the drum.

6. In ay device of the character described, the combination of a drum rotatable on a horizontal axis, said drum comprising spaced connected heads and provided with a plurality of pockets entirely within the ends and periphery thereof and opening through the periphery between the heads, one'of the heads being provided with am aperture therethrough adjacent its axis (mi rotation and Coumlunicating with each (mi the pockets, a discharge chute adjacent thie aperture for receiving the Water from this pockets, means operated by and supported by the drum for elevating water and d's` charging it intov the pockets successively'`r means for rotating the drum, and a shielid supported adjacent, extending across :und spaced from the said aperture.

In testimony whereof we have signed ourr names to this specification, in the preseniiie of two subscribing Witnesses, on this laih day of August A. D. 1910.

ARISTIDIS VAICHIS.. COST VAlCHIS.

his HARRY X ARVAN. j mark Vv'itnesses WILLIS SArris, MIKE SArrls.

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Washington, D. C. 

